Katherine Possin, PhD

Katherine L. Possin, PhD
John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation Endowed Professorship
Professor
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Fields of Interest

Kate Possin, PhD, is a professor in residence in the Department of Neurology at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center and the Global Brain Health Institute within the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences. She holds the John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation Endowed Professorship and is the Clinical Core Lead for the UCSF Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. Dr. Possin’s research program is dedicated to improving the detection, diagnosis, and care of people living with neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, and related disorders.

Dr. Possin directs the Care Ecosystem, a telephone-based collaborative care model for people with dementia and their caregivers. This program provides education and support, helping families navigate challenging medical, financial, and behavioral issues, and improves the quality of life for patients while reducing caregiver stress and emergency-related healthcare costs. Her team collaborates with health systems and policy leaders to advance scalable and sustainable dementia care.

Dr. Possin is also focused on improving the early detection and diagnosis of cognitive disorders. She developed tablet-based cognitive assessments on the TabCAT platform, which are designed for ease of use in everyday clinical and research settings. These assessments use principles from cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology to identify early signs of neurodegenerative diseases. TabCAT has been translated into over 20 languages and is used in more than 150 studies across 30 countries, with increasing use to enhance diagnosis in primary care settings.

Dr. Possin earned her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of California, San Diego, where she investigated cognitive changes associated with Parkinson’s disease. She completed her internship and postdoctoral fellowship at UCSF and joined the Fein Memory and Aging Center in 2006. Dr. Possin’s work bridges science, practice, and policy to address gaps in dementia care, with a focus on improving outcomes for patients and families.

Publications

Social exposome and brain health outcomes of dementia across Latin America.

Migeot J, Pina-Escudero SD, Hernandez H, Gonzalez-Gomez R, Legaz A, Fittipaldi S, Resende EPF, Duran-Aniotz C, Avila-Funes JA, Behrens MI, Bruno MA, Cardona JF, Custodio N, García AM, Godoy ME, Hu K, Lanata S, Lawlor B, Lopera F, Maito MA, Matallana DL, Miller B, Jaime Miranda J, de Oliveira MO, Reyes P, Santamaria-Garcia H, Slachevsky A, Sosa AL, Takada LT, Torres JM, Vanneste S, Valcour V, Wen O, Yokoyama JS, Possin KL, Ibanez A

White matter hyperintensities and their impact in brain structure and function in alzheimer's disease and behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia across Latin America and the United States: a cross-sectional study.

Altschuler F, Canziani V, Fraile-Vázquez M, Gonzalez-Gomez R, Hernández H, Baez S, Migeot J, Fittipaldi S, Maito MA, Legaz A, Godoy ME, Moguilner S, Cruzat J, Coronel-Oliveros C, Tagliazucchi E, Garcia HS, Reyes P, Matallana DL, Avila-Funes JA, Slachevsky A, Behrens MI, Custodio N, Cardona JF, Brusco LI, Bruno MA, Ortiz ALS, Pina-Escudero SD, Takada LT, Resende EPF, Possin KL, de Oliveira MO, Hu K, Lawlor B, Yokoyama JS, Miller B, Lopera F, Garcia AM, Medel V, Ibañez A, Campo CG

Structural inequality linked to brain volume and network dynamics in aging and dementia across the Americas.

Legaz A, Altschuler F, Gonzalez-Gomez R, Hernández H, Baez S, Migeot J, Fittipaldi S, Medel V, Maito MA, Godoy ME, Moguilner S, Cruzat J, Coronel-Oliveros C, Tagliazuchi E, Santamaria Garcia H, Farina FR, Reyes P, Javandel S, García AM, Deleglise Á, Matallana DL, Avila-Funes JA, Slachevsky A, Behrens MI, Custodio N, Trujillo-Llano C, Cardona JF, Barttfeld P, Brusco IL, Bruno MA, Sosa Ortiz AL, Pina-Escudero SD, Takada LT, França Resende EP, Possin KL, Okada de Oliveira M, Hu K, Lopera F, Lawlor B, Valcour V, Yokoyama JS, Miller B, Ibañez A

Author Correction: Brain clocks capture diversity and disparities in aging and dementia across geographically diverse populations.

Moguilner S, Baez S, Hernandez H, Migeot J, Legaz A, Gonzalez-Gomez R, Farina FR, Prado P, Cuadros J, Tagliazucchi E, Altschuler F, Maito MA, Godoy ME, Cruzat J, Valdes-Sosa PA, Lopera F, Ochoa-Gómez JF, Hernandez AG, Bonilla-Santos J, Gonzalez-Montealegre RA, Anghinah R, d'Almeida Manfrinati LE, Fittipaldi S, Medel V, Olivares D, Yener GG, Escudero J, Babiloni C, Whelan R, Güntekin B, Yirikogullari H, Santamaria-Garcia H, Lucas AF, Huepe D, Di Caterina G, Soto-Añari M, Birba A, Sainz-Ballesteros A, Coronel-Oliveros C, Yigezu A, Herrera E, Abasolo D, Kilborn K, Rubido N, Clark RA, Herzog R, Yerlikaya D, Hu K, Parra MA, Reyes P, García AM, Matallana DL, Avila-Funes JA, Slachevsky A, Behrens MI, Custodio N, Cardona JF, Barttfeld P, Brusco IL, Bruno MA, Sosa Ortiz AL, Pina-Escudero SD, Takada LT, Resende E, Possin KL, de Oliveira MO, Lopez-Valdes A, Lawlor B, Robertson IH, Kosik KS, Duran-Aniotz C, Valcour V, Yokoyama JS, Miller B, Ibanez A

Brain clocks capture diversity and disparities in aging and dementia across geographically diverse populations.

Moguilner S, Baez S, Hernandez H, Migeot J, Legaz A, Gonzalez-Gomez R, Farina FR, Prado P, Cuadros J, Tagliazucchi E, Altschuler F, Maito MA, Godoy ME, Cruzat J, Valdes-Sosa PA, Lopera F, Ochoa-Gómez JF, Hernandez AG, Bonilla-Santos J, Gonzalez-Montealegre RA, Anghinah R, d'Almeida Manfrinati LE, Fittipaldi S, Medel V, Olivares D, Yener GG, Escudero J, Babiloni C, Whelan R, Güntekin B, Yirikogullari H, Santamaria-Garcia H, Lucas AF, Huepe D, Di Caterina G, Soto-Añari M, Birba A, Sainz-Ballesteros A, Coronel-Oliveros C, Yigezu A, Herrera E, Abasolo D, Kilborn K, Rubido N, Clark RA, Herzog R, Yerlikaya D, Hu K, Parra MA, Reyes P, García AM, Matallana DL, Avila-Funes JA, Slachevsky A, Behrens MI, Custodio N, Cardona JF, Barttfeld P, Brusco IL, Bruno MA, Sosa Ortiz AL, Pina-Escudero SD, Takada LT, Resende E, Possin KL, de Oliveira MO, Lopez-Valdes A, Lawlor B, Robertson IH, Kosik KS, Duran-Aniotz C, Valcour V, Yokoyama JS, Miller B, Ibanez A

Educational disparities in brain health and dementia across Latin America and the United States.

Gonzalez-Gomez R, Legaz A, Moguilner S, Cruzat J, Hernández H, Baez S, Cocchi R, Coronel-Olivero C, Medel V, Tagliazuchi E, Migeot J, Ochoa-Rosales C, Maito MA, Reyes P, Santamaria Garcia H, Godoy ME, Javandel S, García AM, Matallana DL, Avila-Funes JA, Slachevsky A, Behrens MI, Custodio N, Cardona JF, Brusco IL, Bruno MA, Sosa Ortiz AL, Pina-Escudero SD, Takada LT, Resende EPF, Valcour V, Possin KL, Okada de Oliveira M, Lopera F, Lawlor B, Hu K, Miller B, Yokoyama JS, Gonzalez Campo C, Ibañez A

Brain clocks capture diversity and disparity in aging and dementia.

Moguilner S, Baez S, Hernandez H, Migeot J, Legaz A, Gonzalez-Gomez R, Farina FR, Prado P, Cuadros J, Tagliazucchi E, Altschuler F, Maito MA, Godoy ME, Cruzat J, Valdes-Sosa PA, Lopera F, Ochoa-Gómez JF, Hernandez AG, Bonilla-Santos J, Gonzalez-Montealegre RA, Anghinah R, d'Almeida Manfrinati LE, Fittipaldi S, Medel V, Olivares D, Yener GG, Escudero J, Babiloni C, Whelan R, Güntekin B, Yirikogullari H, Santamaria-Garcia H, Lucas AF, Huepe D, Di Caterina G, Soto-Añari M, Birba A, Sainz-Ballesteros A, Coronel-Oliveros C, Yigezu A, Herrera E, Abasolo D, Kilborn K, Rubido N, Clark RA, Herzog R, Yerlikaya D, Hu K, Parra MA, Reyes P, García AM, Matallana DL, Avila-Funes JA, Slachevsky A, Behrens MI, Custodio N, Cardona JF, Barttfeld P, Brusco IL, Bruno MA, Sosa Ortiz AL, Pina-Escudero SD, Takada LT, Resende E, Possin KL, de Oliveira MO, Lopez-Valdes A, Lawlor B, Robertson IH, Kosik KS, Duran-Aniotz C, Valcour V, Yokoyama JS, Miller BL, Ibanez A

Classification of Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia using routine clinical and cognitive measures across multicentric underrepresented samples: A cross sectional observational study.

Maito MA, Santamar?a-Garc?a H, Moguilner S, Possin KL, Godoy ME, Avila-Funes JA, Behrens MI, Brusco IL, Bruno MA, Cardona JF, Custodio N, Garc?a AM, Javandel S, Lopera F, Matallana DL, Miller B, de Oliveira MO, Pina-Escudero SD, Slachevsky A, Ortiz ALS, Takada LT, Tagliazuchi E, Valcour V, Yokoyama JS, Iba?ez A

Sex differences in the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia: A new window to executive and behavioral reserve.

Illán-Gala I, Casaletto KB, Borrego-Écija S, Arenaza-Urquijo EM, Wolf A, Cobigo Y, Goh SYM, Staffaroni AM, Alcolea D, Fortea J, Blesa R, Clarimon J, Iulita MF, Brugulat-Serrat A, Lladó A, Grinberg LT, Possin K, Rankin KP, Kramer JH, Rabinovici GD, Boxer A, Seeley WW, Sturm VE, Gorno-Tempini ML, Miller BL, Sánchez-Valle R, Perry DC, Lleó A, Rosen HJ

Clinicopathological correlations in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia.

Perry DC, Brown JA, Possin KL, Datta S, Trujillo A, Radke A, Karydas A, Kornak J, Sias AC, Rabinovici GD, Gorno-Tempini ML, Boxer AL, De May M, Rankin KP, Sturm VE, Lee SE, Matthews BR, Kao AW, Vossel KA, Tartaglia MC, Miller ZA, Seo SW, Sidhu M, Gaus SE, Nana AL, Vargas JNS, Hwang JL, Ossenkoppele R, Brown AB, Huang EJ, Coppola G, Rosen HJ, Geschwind D, Trojanowski JQ, Grinberg LT, Kramer JH, Miller BL, Seeley WW

Distinct Subtypes of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia Based on Patterns of Network Degeneration.

Ranasinghe KG, Rankin KP, Pressman PS, Perry DC, Lobach IV, Seeley WW, Coppola G, Karydas AM, Grinberg LT, Shany-Ur T, Lee SE, Rabinovici GD, Rosen HJ, Gorno-Tempini ML, Boxer AL, Miller ZA, Chiong W, DeMay M, Kramer JH, Possin KL, Sturm VE, Bettcher BM, Neylan M, Zackey DD, Nguyen LA, Ketelle R, Block N, Wu TQ, Dallich A, Russek N, Caplan A, Geschwind DH, Vossel KA, Miller BL